After rebirth, I found out that I have a childhood sweetheart

Chapter 379 Yuanyuan's Determination

Mei Fang reached the top floor and as soon as he entered the office area, he attracted surprised looks from the new employees on the top floor. A girl who was passing by to get water was stunned when she saw Mei Fang.

"Stationmaster! You are the stationmaster... No, that's not right. You are the boss, right? Oh no... Sorry... That——"

"It's okay, just do your thing and leave me alone."

Mei Fang greeted the employees with a smile, and people began to pass by Mei Fang one after another to make themselves familiar with her. The old employees would naturally nod to Mei Fang when they passed by.

"Hi boss."

"Webmaster!"

"Hello, Station Master."

"Stationmaster."

Most of the employees on the top floor of the office building are old employees, so it is rare for such a misunderstanding like not recognizing Mei Fang to happen. Mei Fang came to the reserved conference room and found that there were already several people sitting in the huge conference room, including Mei Fang's cousin Mei Yue (company code name cousin), the current operations manager Feng Ling, and his uncle who always had a kind face and a naive appearance.

Mei Yue was immediately furious when she saw Mei Fang:

"It's a rare visit to the company, but you still have the time to do group interviews. Do you really think you have a lot of free time, boss?"

"Sorry, sorry, it's a rare opportunity."

"I heard that you scolded Orange and made her cry?"

"Hey, hey, I'm innocent. What are you talking about? I've always been gentle to her..."

Mei Yue glanced at her cousin mercilessly, then sighed and said, "Don't do things that disrupt the company's plans in the future. Recruiting is a very hard job, especially for executive-level employees."

"I know, I know. The director is right."

Mei Fang teased a few times, then asked with his chin in his hand, "They asked me to come to the meeting today. There must be something important going on with the virtual idol, right?"

"Yes, Station Master."

Feng Ling explained, "Regarding the virtual idol plan you mentioned earlier, we have currently recruited a group of anchors to play the role operation. At the beginning, our plan was to highly associate our existing celebrity characters on C Station, including you, the stationmaster, Yuanbao, Xibao, Big Sister, Yunbao, etc. But later we thought that this direct idolization treatment method would easily cause users to feel a sense of disconnection with these real reference characters."

"So currently we are planning to launch a virtual idol group. These characters will remove many of the aspects that are highly related to our existing well-known characters, and only retain some of their characteristics. This is what I discussed with you last week and I have obtained your consent."

"That's right... now what's the problem?"

"At present, several other anchor actors have entered the recruitment practice one after another. However, it is still difficult for the No. 1 virtual idol, the virtual character [Yuanjiang] designed based on Yuanbao, to be separated. We discussed with Sister Yue and Uncle and felt that this character should either not appear, or if it does, there is really only one character that is suitable."

"There is only one role that fits..."

Mei Fang frowned and said, "You mean that it is more appropriate for Yuanyuan to play the role herself, right?"

The uncle nodded and explained, "Because Yuan-chan's first appearance was at the launch of the 'Fang Dimension Project', she has left a deep impression on the audience. Once this preconceived concept is broken, it will actually have a great impact on our virtual idols."

"Webmaster, you might as well think about it. How many users would buy into a Yuan-chan who is not Yuan-bao? So we think it would be better to let someone else play the role of Yuan-chan and keep it hidden..."

Feng Ling also added, "This is a chart showing the changes in search indexes for 'Yuan Jiang', 'Yuan Bao' and 'virtual idol' on major social media platforms since the release of the Fangciyuan Project. You can also check out other search index comparisons."

"Ah... show me such exaggerated data." Mei Fang sighed, "I say, you guys are not here to discuss with me, you are clearly forcing me to urge our Yuanyuan to come out and work, right?"

"We discussed the feasibility of this for a long time before deciding on this plan."

Uncle Chen Rui explained, "When creating the virtual idol plan, we will provide 'Yuan Jiang' with a lot of traffic support. But the site owner can rest assured that 'Yuan Jiang' does not need to do a lot of things. She only needs to use the suit to do more live broadcasts in the early stage. Her own hot topics can bring a lot of traffic to the virtual idol. When our main virtual idol groups are launched one after another, 'Yuan Jiang' can be in a semi-retired state and only needs to appear in some celebrations or special events."

"It's not as if I don't understand what you're thinking... I need to discuss this with Yuanyuan. After all, this is her business."

"I understand. I understand."

Uncle Chen Rui said, "After all, this involves the future development plan of the virtual idol industry. It is also the first flagship product of Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment. In this market segment, we have no competitors in China. With Yuanbao's status as the poster girl of Station C and its own huge traffic support, I think this is an opportunity that cannot be missed."

"I understand what you said. I'll think about it carefully."

Mei Fang paused and said, "By the way, is there anything the company needs to report to me recently?"

"It's fine. Just keep recruiting people...Now we have money and we can recruit more quickly. I'm busy preparing for recruitment seminars every day. You're so lucky. You go to college every day, your girlfriend is with you, and you play games. You don't know at all that running a company is expensive."

"Don't talk nonsense, Sister Yueyue, I'm single, single!"

"Single...you're still single...ok, you're the boss, I'm too lazy to talk to you about this."

Mei Yue raised her head and pouted at Chen Rui, "Uncle, you have to give feedback to our boss about what we talked about before, don't keep it secret."

"Yeah, I was just about to say that."

Uncle nodded.

"What are you hiding... Tell me now."

Mei Fang found the interaction between his cousin Mei Yue and his uncle incredible. After all, one was a cousin who had just met the wrong person in her previous life, and the other was a big shot who was very influential on Bilibili. Now the big shot was very cautious when talking to Sister Yueyue, which always felt a bit awkward.

As the former legal representative of the company, Mei Yue controls the human resources in one hand and the purse in the other. It can be said that she is second only to three people but above ten thousand people in Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment, and she is in a state of being able to cover the sky with one hand.

However, Mei Yue also knew that she did not understand much about technology and product planning, so she often let her uncle do it. At least for now, her uncle had no intention of competing for the right to speak, and everyone was relatively united around Mei Fang and worked for him.

Seeing Mei Fang asking this, Uncle Chen Rui told the truth, "Currently, there are many video websites including Youku Tudou, iQiyi, and Penguin Video competing with us for copyrights. The copyright prices of many animations have already been negotiated, and then there are many temporary price increases..."

"You mean you're short of money, right?"

“So I think we also need a way to quickly monetize existing products. Although games are indeed a top priority, they are all under development. We can’t just do projects that can only make money in the future, we must also focus on the present…”

"OK."

What I mean is, why should we ask Yuanyuan to make up for the cash flow?

Why is it so hard to work? Hundreds of millions of dollars in financing have been planned so casually. It would be better to go home and retire.

In recent years, Mei Fang has gradually understood how difficult it is for him to be a boss and lead others...

Oh yes, my boss...

When Mei Fang thought of this, he recalled his boss Brother Xu, a rich second-generation from his previous life. He wondered how his game business was doing now... He remembered that 14 was the year their company was founded. Now he wondered if his butterfly effect had changed him.

Although the memory of his previous life was of painful sudden death, Mei Fang did not blame his boss and colleagues, because they were all on the road of sudden death all night together, going further and further, it was a pity that he did not live to see the version go online.

When I think about it this way, if I hadn’t died suddenly that year, what would have happened? Would the project be able to turn the company’s losses into profits?

These are really complicated things...

After the meeting with the company, Mei Fang called a management meeting with the middle-level managers. After understanding the internal situation of the company through various meetings, Mei Fang felt really painful and unbearable.

The copyright war has just begun in the animation circle, but the copyright war that has spread to it, as well as the game industry's game license war, are all very expensive things to think about.

Although Mei Fang, as a reborn person, knew to prepare for a rainy day, he had no idea how many years in advance he had to prepare. In short, in the battle of introducing anime, although Station C had seized more opportunities than Station B in its previous life, it was of some help but not much, only a little. Mei Fang learned a lesson from the war for game licenses and had already started to frantically make game DMEO to apply for game licenses.

Oh...it's really hard to go to work!

Mei Fang was thinking about various problems while driving. Not long after, Lin Youxi called him via video. Mei Fang did not dare to neglect it. He found a temporary parking space and called back.

Lin Youxi was slightly stunned when she saw Mei Fang. "Are you planning to come back after work?"

"Yeah, the meeting is over, and I'm exhausted."

"Then why don't you eat at home at noon? Yuanyuan and I just finished our meal and thought you wouldn't be home for dinner, so I'll prepare some for you."

"No, no, it's almost one o'clock now, and I have classes in the afternoon. I can just fill my stomach on the way."

"You don't have to go to class, but I have to fill Dad's stomach."

"What weird things are you talking about!"

Mei Fang blushed and complained about Lin Youxi, and then an innocent image squeezed into the video.

"Afang Afang Afang Afang Afang Afang Afang--"

"What's wrong with you..."

Xia Yuan pouted her cheeks angrily, "I, during the day, you promised me!"

"I know, I'll accompany you tonight."

Mei Fang smiled at Xia Yuan and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."

"Await your return!"

After Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi finished their phone call, they looked at each other.

"Afang is unhappy and feels very stressed."

"Did you notice it too?"

Lin Youxi nodded, "We both understand him."

"He is like this. He plans to take care of everything by himself..."

"But we can't really let him carry it all on his own."

Lin Youxi told Xia Yuan, "We were ignorant before. We only knew how to ask for things from Ah Fang without giving anything in return. But now we have to share some of the pressure instead of relying on him blindly and being dissatisfied with what he asks for."

"The guy who had already had fun with Ah Fang last night is speaking in a tough manner."

"..."

Lin Youxi glared at Xia Yuan and said, "If you really think you have no intention of running away, then don't even think about holding Ah Fang's hand and sleeping with Ah Fang tonight."

"No! I insist, I want love!" Xia Yuan muttered, "Afang has already agreed to it..."

"Then don't blame me. I'm going to get some food for Ah Fang now. He can't go hungry, it will affect his growth."

"You're really good at changing the subject."

After Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi had a quarrel, they felt a little regretful.

"Yes, you said——"

"Don't ask me yet. Can't you see I'm busy cooking for Ah Fang?"

Lin Youxi was chopping melons and vegetables skillfully.

Youxi is mad at me, it's over...

Xia Yuan muttered to himself for a while, then took the initiative to approach him and said with a smile, "I am really worried about Ah Fang's condition, but I don't know why Ah Fang is worried. If I ask him, he will definitely not tell me for fear that I will worry. Youxi, you are Ah Fang's right-hand man, can you tell me?"

"Aren't you sleeping with Ah Fang tonight? You are much better at pleasing Ah Fang than I am. If you really want to ask, there is no way he won't tell you; but if he doesn't tell you, then don't ask."

"Even if I know the problem, I can't help him at all..."

Xia Yuan was a little discouraged after hearing this. When he thought about how useless he was, he suddenly felt aggrieved, and his voice was a little heartbroken. "Well, Youxi, if you know the crux of the problem, you can help him. If you can get the information out of him, I will give you the night."

Lin Youxi raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard that, and then smiled and said, "I was just joking with you, why are you taking it so seriously... It's as if you were forced to give Ah Fang to me."

Lin Youxi said in a gentle voice, "Actually, I don't know what Ah Fang's recent pressure comes from. When Ah Fang comes back, I'll greet him while we eat. I can't possibly snatch you away at night. That was Ah Fang's promise to you, not to mention that I was the one who ran away first."